Stanchion-hanger.



W. F. WEBER.

STANCHION HANGER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 18,1914.

a Patented Dec. 14, 1915.

Q i Y mxw T srnrs PATENT WILLIAM F. WEBER, OF OCONOMOHOC. WISCONSIN.

' emanation-Hansen.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 14, 1915.

Application filed June 18, 1914. Serial No. $15,763.

To allwhom it may concern Be t known that I, VVILLIAM F. WEBER, a.

citizen of the United States, and resident of vide a simple, economical and effectivehanger for animal stanchions, the arrangement and construction being such as to permit the stanchion to yield longitudinally of the stall under spring pressure from a predetermined point, whereby the animal is free to move forward or backward under a slight drawing tension. Thus the said animal will assume its normal alined position with reference t0 the head and foot of the stall under ordinary conditions.

Another object of my invention is to provide means whereby the loiuritudinal yieldable hanger may be ad'iusted back and forth to compensate for variation in the length of animals, in which adjusted position the ha'iiger will be held yieldably at a normal central point.

With the above objects in view the invention consists in certain peculiarities of construction and combination of mechanical elements as set forth hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings and subsequcntly claimed.

In the drawings Figure 1 represents a longitudinal sectional elevation of a hanger embodying the features of my invention. the section being indicated bv lines 11 of Figs. 2 and 4; Fig.2. a detailed cross-section of the same. the section being indicated bv line 2 -2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a detailed cross-section as indicated by line 33 of Fig". l, and Fig. 4. a diagrammatic plan view illustrating the position of the hanger with relation to the head and foot of the stall in which an animal is shown affixed by a stanchion. v

Referring by characters to the drawing, 1

represents the transversely disposed overhead stall beam oi ordinary type to which is attached a tubular guide 2, the attachment being effected by a clip member 3,

which clip member is secured by bolts 3' to the upper wall of the tubular guide. the said bolts, being countersunk to present an unobstructed surface within the guide. lhe

tubular guide, as best shown in the diagram View Fig. 42, is arranged at a right angle to the overhead stall beam or longitudinally of the stall. The tubular guide is open at its ends and provided with a bottom longitudinal slot 2 and two series of transversely disposed apertures 4 arranged at the on poslte ends of the guide. Fitted intothe bore of the tubular uide is the circular head of. a slidable block 5, the same being provided with an apertured ear 5' that extends through the slot for connection to a ser es of links 6., the bottom one of which series is secured to a stanchion 7 of the bow type, whereby said stanchion is suspended from the hanger. Fitted through companion pairs of the guide apertures 4 are stop 8 comprising key-pins and interposed between the kev-pins and the block 5 are coiled springs 9. 9, the same being under approximate uniform tension.

It is obvious that, owing" to the overhead longitudinal disposition of the tubular guide. should the confined animal desire to move forward or backward, the compensating: springs 9 will readily permit such action while. at the same time thev will exert a gentle draw upon the shoulders of the the latter to returnto its normal positi with relationto the head and foot of the stall unconsciously and without iuiuring said animal by strain of the stanchion upon its shoulders or neck. It-is also apparent that the floating. block, together with its opposing springs,-can be manually shifted from the central positior shown with relation to the overhead stall beam forward or baclm'ard. depending upon the length of the animal. whereby said animal will be properly positioned with relation to its alinement to the dropping trough. the action of the fioatinc' block be ing similar irrespective of its predetermined set position with relation to the tubular hanger.

I claim:

A stanchion hanger comprising an over head support, a tubular guide suspended therefrom. the guide having a base slot eX- teudiug: longitudinally thereoi and adjacent each end being provided with a. row of regularly spaced openings, a block slidahle in the guide and having a pendent portion projecting through the slot of the guide, means for flexibly connecting the pendent portion with a stanchion, springs Within the have hereunto set my hand at Or'onoinowoc guide and disposed on opposite sides and in the countv of Waukesha and State of abutting the black, and stops for selective VlSCOnSlIl 1n the presence of two witnesses. 10

engagement with the openings of the guide WILLIAM F. \VEBER. and forming abutments for the springs and Witnesses: serving to adjust the tension 01": said sprlngs. BENJ. G. EDGERTON,

In testimony that I claim. the foregoing I PAUL AUCKLEY. 

